Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Fate's Rewrite ❯ Adjusting To A New Life ( Chapter 2 )

“Talking”

`Thinking'

Jutsu

“Demon Talking”

Disclaimer: Naruto or any of the other anime touch upon in this fic are mine, at least not yet, but that doesn't stop the plot bunnies from attacking me.

Summary: Fate's always had a hard job, and when Orochimaru gains the Sharingan and destroys all hope for Naruto's world, it just got ten times harder. How will she fix this evergrowing problem that threatens to destroy her millennia of hard work? NaruHina

Note: I am not very good at Japanese to I will try to keep it simple by only using suffixes and names. Japanese jutsu names will be included (just because I like how they look).

Naruto: Fate's Rewrite

Chapter 2: Adjusting To A New Life

`This is the life,' Naruto thought while getting his diaper changed for the fourth time that day. `I don't see why babies cry so much? They have the best lives out of all of us,' Naruto continued while giggling in an adorable baby way. The Sandaime didn't find it so funny after the fourth time especially when he noticed the twinkle in the baby's eye ever time he crawled to him with a stinky diaper.

`Well it beats paperwork,' Sarutobi thought while putting Naruto back on the ground to be on his way. Naruto had been living with the Hokage for a few months now, and he served as a perfect distraction for him to take his mind off of the losses Konoha endured and put his mind back on what hope lay before him.

`That's if Naruto doesn't let the hatred run him,' the Hokage thought remembering what it had done to his star pupil Orochimaru. The once bright boy, who strived to be the greatest jutsu user, was now a twisted being who he, the Hokage, had spared when he was too blind to see his favorite student follow down the wrong path. The decision ate away at his old heart and the scar above his was a constant reminder of his failure.

Vowing to make sure Naruto never followed the same path; Sarutobi fell back into his ultra comfortable chair, and dove into the heaps of paperwork still left over from the Kyuubi's attack.

Naruto on the other hand was taking it easy, and used his young body to it fullest advantage. His determination to not waste a second of this new life was fuel enough for Naruto to use his baby innocence, to get a hold of some scrolls that depicted chakra exercises at basic levels.

`And to think no one, will suspect a baby to have broken into the Hokage's private stash,' Naruto said to himself while pushing the folds of the scroll further. It had taken him a whole month to learn how to crawl again and another whole month to learn to read japanese once he found an accurate translation scroll in the Hokage's files from foreign countries.

`Well its better than sitting around doing nothing,' Naruto thought while committing everything he read about chakra, and how to summon and control it to memory. The talent was latent to his old life on master earth, which Gabriel said was the only world that the almighty himself created that had links to all other parallel worlds. From her description, she said that the links manifested themselves in different ways. Some obvious like the Naruto manga and others in more subtle ways like portals, which made Naruto immediately think of a certain TV show who starred a half dog demon boy and his time traveling girlfriend.

At first Naruto wondered if what would have happened if he had gone with Tsunade or Jiraiya when they were deciding where he would stay.

`I'd probably be part some sort of scheme to attract young women if I was with Jiraiya or would have been betted off in some attempt to get enough money for booze if I went with Tsunade,' Naruto thought while thinking of all the cool things he could have learned from the Sanin despite their faults.

`Well I guess it's for the best I didn't have super strength or regeneration too early or I might have screwed with the time line even more. Then again the thought of being able to Rasengan anybody when I wanted sounds pretty good,' he thought while he let his thoughts wonder.

Eventually he got to the point where he wondered if he could ever meet any of his favorite anime and manga stars, but his last visit with Fate made him rethink that idea.

Flashback

Lying in his crib at night, Naruto rolled over for the umpteenth time that night. No matter how boring it was to lie in a crib all day with no source of entertainment, other than the birds pecking at the window. And with no effective way to burn energy Naruto was forced to stay up all night, furthering his endless boredom.

Finally after long hours of fighting for sleep, his elusive nap was finally in his grasp when he felt a weird sensation in his head. He was back in heaven, or at least the executive level of heaven. Looking at Uriel, one of Gabriel's fellow archangels and coworkers, who just smiled and went back to work. Looking at the working woman Naruto decided to make some conversation with the heavenly body.

“So where's Gabriel,” Naruto asked, and like always he got another one of those angelic smiles, and the woman replied, “She's on an extended mission, but I promise you'll meet her again,” and with that Naruto was left to his own devices.

Naruto in his past life's body, or soul depending on how you looked at it, sat quietly in the lobby looking at the door that in big letters at the top read, Creator at Work. Laughing to himself, Naruto always figured God had a sense of humor, but before he could follow that train of thought any more a celestial being of great beauty and grace stepped out, the white cloth that wrapped around her seemed to have no seam, which started on her right ankle and wrapped its way around her leg covering her most private parts and looped around her head making a halo of sorts before lopping back down her body and stopping on her left leg.

Noticing his stare Fate laughed a bit, causing Naruto to drool a bit at her hypnotic voice. Cutting her fun short Fate's expression grew serious and she said to Naruto, “Last time we met I was in such a hurry that I never got a chance to lay down the ground rules of your second life.” Naruto nodded and focused his attention away from her luscious body, focusing solely on her face thinking, `Don't want God's right hand ma… I mean woman thinking I'm a pervert,' But that didn't do much good for the eighteen your old, who was looking into the eyes of the second most powerful being in creation. Her pale skin seemed to glow with the same heavenly light that surrounded them, and accented her perfectly sculpted face with high cheekbones and half lidded blue eyes. Her wavy black hair framed her mystic eyes giving them a mysterious look and a slight mind altering sensation when Naruto looked into them for too long.

Shaking his naughty, eighteen year old thoughts away, Naruto turned his attention away from her soft shimmering eyes to her full pink lips that were as much as a distraction to Naruto as the eyes he seemed to drown in. His trance went on for so long that the talkative Fate, finally stopped going on about the rules of his new life and noticed that he was staring at her quite hard. Controlling her modest blush Fate rapped her knuckles on his forehead, drawing his attention away from her features and to her herself.

“I'm flattered you think so highly of me, but you do need to pay attention,” Fate said grounded out the last part and proceeded to start over. `If there's one thing I hate, its starting over,' Fate thought to herself before calming down, `Cool it or you will have centuries of work ahead of you if you send the kid packing,' Fate mentally chastised herself before beginning her speech anew.

“Okay I'll say this one more time so pay attention. You are now living the life of Uzumaki Naruto,” and by the boy's nod Fate figured he got that much so she continued without missing a beat. “Your mission is to make sure that the universe and all the parallel dimensions it contains don't go crashing into each other,” Fate said while making a visual diagram appear behind her.

Each dimension was a different color and they all converged to one point which was labeled master earth. Above it was heaven which spanned across the top of the mountain and below the mountain were black fires which Naruto guessed was hell. `That's the last place I want to be,' the boy thought while listening closely to what Fate was saying.

“You see this is how the universe looks in perfect harmony, but this is what Orochimaru did when he killed Naruto and revived himself,” Fate said face becoming grim and one of the worlds in the center began distorting and its once straight line bumped into the line beside it twisting them together. The process continued and the once distinct colors were now all a black blob of chaos. From the look on Naruto's face, Fate figured he understood what had happened and she continued, “This is what would have happened if we let that distortion continue. But seeing as there is no way to go back to earth without surrender our power to a mortal, we must use an avatar. You are that avatar, and you are now known as Uzumaki Naruto, your mission is to guard the dimension and make sure no one from other plains enter your own.” Naruto looked at the ageless woman and nodded before letting loose all the questions he had been building up since the! ir conversation began.

“How am I supposed to do that!? Orochimaru has years of experience over me and we are in his home dimension, he has a huge advantage over me.” Naruto asked trying to sound as polite as possible. Fate took it in stride while replying by saying, “Well then make that world your home too, learn all you can and most of all learn from the past, both of them,” Fate said furthering back to his old life and Naruto's.

Hours seemed to pass as Naruto asked questions ranging from, who should I befriend and what should I do different. And Fate gave him the same cryptic responses each time that all boiled down to the same meaning `the choice was yours'. Sighing Naruto stopped his question and said, “Well maybe I should get started now, right?” Fate just nodded with a smile before sending him back to his crib where sleep entered his weary mind with ease.

End Flashback

That had been a mouth and a half ago, right when Naruto had been getting the basics down of crawling. Sandaime was worried that Naruto was growing too fast, but he wrong it off as Kyuubi maturing the baby's body a bit faster than anyone else. Good thing for Naruto, because it gave him time to wonder and find perfect places to read and not get caught until hours after he started.

Now after too months and most of the basics of chakra down, Naruto sat in his crib and waited for something to happen.

`Shit this sucks, I'm too young to train or do anything that requires physical strain and know too much about chakra and basic chakra control to read over all of those scrolls again,' Naruto thought while looking toward the ceiling. He was between the regular rock and a hard place and couldn't figure out for the life of him how to get out.

`I'll do anything for some type of distraction, but please just give me something to do!!!' Naruto mentally cried and waited for a second. `I guess that was too much to ask…,' but Naruto never got to finish his thought as sleep's pull was too strong for him to even resist.

Walking up Naruto noticed he was in a sewer and immediately recognized where he was. `So this is how Kyuubi's lair feels. Kind of cramped, but then again it is a cell,' Naruto thought before getting a true devious idea. He decided that maybe if he surprised the Kyuubi he could maybe con him into a deal and help him prepare for future battles.

`Yeah, because dying twice isn't something I want to go through twice,' Naruto thought before crawling toward the cell, looking as innocent and baby like as possible. On the outside he was a pretty good actor, but on the inside he was giggling at the thought of tricking the Great Kyuubi even if it was something as petty as getting him to believe he was an innocent child.

Stopping inches from the bars Naruto began splashing the water in hopes that it would annoy Kyuubi enough from him to snap at him and start and conversation. And like Naruto planned a pair of big red eyes opened and a foxy smile appeared surrounded by darkness. Waiting for Kyuubi to shoot his claws at him, Naruto was shocked when he felt a soft hand rub against his chubby cheek.

`This isn't right Kyuubi, never had a human form. Hell Kyuubi was a…,' but before Naruto finished Kyuubi began to speak. The rough gravely voice from the anime was now smooth as silk and the hand that was softly caressing his cheek now was cupping his face and turned his eyes to the second most beautiful being he had seen.

`Right behind Fate,' Naruto thought while struggling to maintain his `baby face' while looking at a barely clad Kyuubi. The vixen's body far outstripped Fate's `heaven endowment', but Kyuubi lacked the heavenly glow that made Fate's face irresistible. Not saying that Kyuubi didn't have her charms, no Kyuubi had a wild like appearance that put any Inuzuka female's looks to shame. And her red eyes lost the intense blood lust and instead had a warm glow like red that seemed to consume and warm Naruto's soul. Lastly her blood red hair rained from her head and stopped in the same of her back covering her breasts while her nine blood red tails covered her other `more private' part.

“So you are Naruto. A handsome baby, if I do say so myself, you are going to be a real lady killer when you grown up you know,” Kyuubi said smiling a toothy smile that showed off her elongated canines. Hiding behind his crackle `baby' mask Naruto hoped that Fate would make Kyuubi let go of his face soon so that he could hide the fast growing blush staining his cheeks. Unlucky for him Fate wasn't on his side and he was sure he heard a faint, “You said you wanted something to do and here it is,” followed by a fit of laughter.

Before Naruto could curse Fate for screwing with him Kyuubi began to speak again, “You may be too young to understand me, but you must know your life will be harder than anyone else's. Even demon's as coldhearted as we are face to more kindness then you will encounter, and even though I know it is my fault I must ask for your forgiveness,” Kyuubi said looking into Naruto's eyes as if searching for acceptance.

Playing his part Naruto giggled and started splashing in the water, letting him and Kyuubi wait. The demoness laughed and said, “I'll take that as a yes, and you can stop acting now,” causing Naruto to face fault.

“How did you know?” Naruto asked pointing at Kyuubi with shocked eyes. The demoness just giggled behind one of her seven free tails and flipped back her hair. Naruto eyes widened and he immediately covered his eyes.

`I am not a pervert, I am not a pervert, I'm am not…,' Naruto chanted before temptation became to great. Luckily for him Kyuubi was using two tails to cover anything over PG-13.

“Do not worry child, I understand human modesty, as trivial as it is and I will not tempt you… much,” Kyuubi said adding the last part while leaning against the bars. Naruto just looked at the smirking demoness while trying to sort out all he had just learned before his brain overloaded.

`Kyuubi's not a bloodthirsty monster, he is actually a she and quite hot at that…,' Naruto started before Kyuubi interrupted.

“Why thank you young one, and like I said you won't be too bad yourself one day,” Naruto blushed before the thought hit him. `How did Kyuubi know what I was…,' Naruto began, but once again Kyuubi finished what he was saying for him.

“Thinking?”

“You can read my mind!” Naruto exclaimed pointing his finger at Kyuubi again, which just made the millennia old demon smirk more and sway her tails seductively. Naruto calmed down again when the blush crept onto his face and waited for Kyuubi to explain.

“As you can see young one, yes I can read your thoughts. Then again if you weren't broadcasting them I wouldn't be able to read your mind as easily. But to truly block my thoughts from yours would be as impossible as trying to stop the sky from raining, or the ocean's eternal push and pull. We are connected, lives intertwined by the seals that separates us from being one being all together,” Kyuubi said growing a serious expression.

Like Fate before her, she looked truly ferocious. Her animalistic beauty now gave Naruto the impression of a ravenous wolf, but her eyes were what truly scared him. They were shining a bright crimson, hiding behind it a cold calculating mind like that of a…

“Fox… yes I know, I am kitsune and with it comes the mind set and jester like nature. Fortunately for you, you are also endowed with this and it will be helpful in the future if you want to win this war,” Kyuubi said leaving Naruto shocked. Unlike the last times Kyuubi simply smirked and answered Naruto's unasked questionbefore he could even ask it.

“I have read your mind, literally all the thought, memories, and emotions down to the primal levels that make you eho you are, the reincarnated Uzumaki Naruto. I must say you were quite an oddity in your old life, shunned yet self sacrificing. Something I rarely see in humans, but I suppose you are the only one that can fill the shoes of the old you,” Kyuubi said losing her serious expression before a saddened expression filled the void.

`The old Naruto are we really that alike?' Naruto asked himself before Kyuubi answered, “Yes, but not in the mind you too have very different,” Kyuubi said emphasizing the `very'.

`I hope she isn't talking about my…,' Naruto said while looking at Kyuubi's growing smile. Unlike her previous smirks, this smile was slightly suggesting that she knew exactly what Naruto didn't want her to know.

“Yes child, you were quite the animal in your last life. Too bad, they'll miss someone like you when the apocalypse hits and they need to rebuild your whole race,” Kyuubi said causing the boy to blush for the umpteenth time in their meeting.

`Well you see…,' Naruto started, but Kyuubi just put his response down by saying, “Its nothing to be ashamed of, just keep those same skills and your future mate will be very pleased,” Kyuubi said while watching the blush cover Naruto's face.

`That's private!' Naruto cried mentally only getting Kyuubi to laugh and say, “Yes it is, but seeing as we are partners now we have to know everything about one another, including past experiences,” Kyuubi loving every second of watching Naruto squirm. Then a brilliant idea struck Naruto, and before Kyuubi could read his mind he spoke out.

“Seeing as we are partners can you tell me why you attacked Konoha?” Naruto asked turning his innocent baby eyes to full power and looking Kyuubi in the eye. The woman faltered before an unreadable expression crossed her face. Her once easily read emotions were now like a raging storm cloud of emotion storming across the red surface. Anger, regret, and saddness were the most reoccurring, but Kyuubi betrayed no emotions in her body language. Slowly Kyuubi came back to reality and said, “Since we are partners I will tell you this. My attack on Konoha was instigated by Orochimaru, but the fault for the attack is mine alone,” while holding herself rigid.

“Is that all you didn't even…,” but Naruto stopped when he saw her face. She was like a marble statue, face etched in one emotionless position. Getting the queue to stop Naruto mumbled, “Maybe another time…,” before Kyuubi visibly relaxed.

“Thank you young one, I still need to come to terms with what happened before I can talk about it, but in the mean time I have a solution for your boredom problem,” Kyuubi said trying to play off her sadness with a laugh.

The connection between Kyuubi and Naruto was finally becoming more of a two way thing instead of Kyuubi just picking at Naruto's thoughts and using them against him. Naruto could actually feel some of Kyuubi's sadness and wondered, `What could have caused this much pain?' Shaking the thought away Naruto asked aloud, “So what do you have in mind?”

And just like that Kyuubi's sadness was brushed under the carpet and a playful smile crossed her lips, “You are going to have a new teacher,” and with that Naruto knew, `This is going to be worse than it sounds, isn't it?' and to his surprise Kyuubi answered in his head…

`You have no idea.'

A/N: Female Kyuubi!? Well I saw it done and it made a bit more sense to make Kyuubi female in this story, because Naruto doesn't need more testosterone driving him (believe me he has enough), but needs some balance in his mind so that he always (or for the most part) makes the right decision. Kyuubi's past will be explained in good time and I hope you paid attention to the `Orochimaru may have sparked the attack, but it isn't his fault part' because it will be important. As for this `entertainment' no Kyuubi isn't going to make Naruto godlike (god I hate that), but Naruto will go through some strife. Well review and til next time.

Black Saint